Hebden Royd
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Hebden Royd is a
History
The Town Council has 18 seats over 6 wards - Birchcliffe, Cragg Vale, Caldene, Fairfield, West End and White Lee. As of May 2019, 15 are Labour-held and 3 are Lib Dem.[4]
Hebden Royd lies close to the Pennine Way and Hardcastle Crags and is popular for outdoor pursuits such as walking, climbing and cycling. It lies on the Rochdale Canal – a through route across the Pennines.
The area's location in the valley causes problems with
The parish is on the route of the Calderdale Way, a circular walk of about 50 miles (80 km) around the hills and valleys of Calderdale.
Transport
Bus services in the parish are operated by three companies. First West Yorkshire operate the 12-minute frequency 592 service between Halifax and Todmorden, with services extending to Burnley (592) and Rochdale (590) in evenings and at weekends. Keighley Bus Company connect Hebden Bridge with Haworth, Oxenhope and Keighley with its hourly BrontëBus service. The "Hebden Bridger" is a local bus network operated by TLC Travel, that operates across seven services to local towns and hilltop villages. TLC Travel also operate the hourly 900 and 901 services between Hebden Bridge and Huddersfield town centre.
See also
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Calderdale". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "Hebden Royd Urban District". A Vision of Britain Through Time. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
- ^ "HRTC Election results 2019". HebWeb. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "District Council Office, St George's Square (1230338)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ^ "Hebden Bridge Town Hall". English Heritage. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ Evans, Fiona (8 December 2009). "Community to take over Town Hall". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin; Quinn, Ben (9 July 2012). "Flash floods hit Hebden Bridge". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Drone footage of flooding in Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd – video". The Guardian. 26 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
External links
Media related to Hebden Royd at Wikimedia Commons